does-index-exist

Checks whether an index exists on a MongoDB collection

Installation

npm install does-index-exist --save

Usage

var doesIndexExist = require('does-index-exist')
  , MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient
  , collection = 'collection'
 
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/does-index-exist', function (err, db) {
  var indexExist = doesIndexExist({ connection: db, collection: collection })
 
  indexExist({ key: { field: 1 } }, function (err, exists) {
    console.log('Index does not exist:', exists)
 
    // Create index
    db.ensureIndex(collection, { field: 1 }, function () {
 
      indexExist({ key: { field: 1 } }, function (err, exists) {
        console.log('Index does exist:', exists)
 
        // Drop index
        db.dropIndex(collection, 'field_1', process.exit)
      })
 
    })
 
  })
})
 

var indexExist = doesIndexExist(options)

Options must include:

• connection - a database connection returned from MongoClient.connect
• collection - the collection name to check for the index

This returns a function which is called like so:

indexExist(cb)

• cb is the callback for when the query is complete, called with cb(err, exists). err is any mongo errors, exists is a boolean

Credits

Dom Harrington